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BySoniaPerezD. The Associated Press SAN JOSE LAS FLORES, GUA- TEMALA Gilberto Ra- mos wanted to leave his chilly mountain village for the United States to earn money to treat his moth- er's epilepsy. His mother begged him not to go. "The better treat- ment would have been if he stayed," Cipriana Juarez Diaz said in a tearful inter- view with The Associated Press on Tuesday. When he wouldn't relent, she draped him with a white rosary for safe passage. A month later, his de- caying body was found in the Texas desert. Now, the boy has become a symbol for the perils faced by a re- cord flood of unaccompa- nied children from Central America who are crossing illegally into the U.S. Authorities said Monday that Gilberto was 11, which would have made him one of the youngest known chil- dren to die crossing the des- ert.ButhisparentssaidTues- day that Gilberto was 15. The parents explained that they had taken several years to register his birth be- cause of the remoteness of their village in Guatemala's northern mountains. When they did, they had forgotten Gilberto's actual birth date, so they listed the same date as his younger brother. "He was a good son," Juarez said. "May God give me the strength to endure." Teenage boys seeking work have long been part of the stream of young men heading north from Central America to escape poverty and gang violence. But the number of unac- companied immigrant chil- dren picked up along the U.S. border has been rising for three years. Migrants tell of hear- ing that children traveling alone and parents travel- ing with young kids would be released by U.S. author- ities and allowed to con- tinue to their destination. Gilberto, too, had heard in Guatemala that if he got in, he would be allowed to stay, his family said. He was born and grew up in San Jose Las Flores in a modest wood and sheet- metal home in the Cuchu- matanes mountains of Hue- huetenango province along the Mexico border. There is no running or potable water and only a latrine in the family home. In the kitchen, there is food, tortillas or wheat atole, an oatmeal-like drink, but never enough. The cluster of homes where Gilberto lived is ac- cessible only by foot, a difficult walk of nearly a mile along a rocky and of- ten muddy mile-long path through the canyons. Gil- berto took that path each way to school, where he went as far as third grade before dropping out. "He had to work to help the family," said his teacher, Francisco Hernandez, who remembered that Gilberto loved to draw. More than half of 50 schoolchildren attending now raised their hands Tuesday when asked if they had family in the U.S., shouting, "I have eight," "seven," "three!" While many migrating minors say they are fleeing violence, the biggest threat in San Jose Las Flores is poverty. "Here most of the peo- ple are farmers. They grow beans, rice, potatoes," said Raul Cifuentes, president of the town's development committee. "But they don't have a way to import or ex- port, so they stay poor." Gilberto and his father, Francisco Ramos, hired themselves out to harvest and clean corn. Things im- proved when the oldest son, Esbin Ramos, reached Chi- cago and started working in a restaurant. He sends $100 to $120 a month when he can afford it, allowing the family to build a two-room home out of cement block to replace their wooden shack and paint it bright red and green. Gilberto slept on a piece of foam on the floor. Short, quiet and humble, he stayed close to home. But he grew despairing and bored, Esbin Ramos said. Meanwhile, their mother got sicker. The older brother suggested Gilberto come to Chicago, where he could re- turn to school and work at night and on weekends. Gilberto set out May 17 with a change of clothes and a backpack along the same path as his brother, walking the rugged road to the center of town and then hitching a ride to Chiantla to meet up with the smug- gler, known as a coyote. The trip cost $5,400, and the family had borrowed $2,600 of that, paying $2,000 the first week of the journey and another $600 the week before he died. They still owe the debt. Esbin Ramos said Tues- day that he didn't know much about how Gilberto reached the Mexican bor- der city of Reynosa. "I'm OK, just the deposit the money," Gilberto told his father as he was about to cross into Texas. Then Gilberto and the coyote disappeared. By the eighth day, Esbin Ramos was worried.HecalledtheGuate- malan consulate in Houston and officials in Guatemala seeking help, he said. Then he got a call from a woman in McAllen, Texas, from what agency he doesn't know, telling him his brother was dead. They had found the body June 15, authorities said, and Esbin's phone number on the inside of Gilberto's belt buckle, a tactic many migrants use to hide information from drug traffickers who are looking to extort money from their families. IMMIGRATION Guatemalanboyle forbetterlife,diedalone LUISSOTO—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Gilberto Haroldo Ramos Juarez, 11, brother of Gilberto Francisco Ramos Juarez, a Guatemalan boy whose decomposed body was found in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, stands in front of his home in San Jose Las Flores, in the northern Cuchumatanes mountains of Guatemala. Landscape/Fence Steve's Tractor &LandscapeService •FenceBuilding•Landscaping • Trenching • Rototilling • Disking • Mowing • Ridging • Post Hole Digging • Blade Work • Sprinkler Installation • Concrete Work Cont. 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A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings as- sociation, or savings bank speci- fied in Section 5102 of the Finan- cial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest con- veyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter descri- bed property under and pur- suant to a Deed of Trust descri- bed below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the re- maining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, inter- est thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: BARBARA A. BENFIELD AND BARD T. BENFIELD, WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appoint- ed Trustee: Miles, Bauer, Berg- strom & Winters, LLP Recorded 12/8/2006 as Instrument No. 2006024821 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Tehama County, California, Date of Sale: 7/17/2014 at 2:00 PM Place of Sale: At the main en- trance to the Tehama Count y h hi y Courthouse at 633 Washington Street, Red Bluff, CA. Amount of unpaid balance and other charg- es: $313,783.82 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 21165 WILCOX ROAD RED BLUFF, CA 96080-0000 A.P.N.: 027-330-501 The under- signed Trustee disclaims any li- ability for any incorrectness of the street address or other com- mon designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the loca- tion of the property may be ob- tained by sending a written re- quest to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publi- cation of this Notice of Sale. NO- TICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not auto- matically entitle you to free and clear ownershi p of the property. h ld l b h p p p y You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, be- fore you can receive clear title to the property. You are encour- aged to investigate the exis- tence, priority, and size of out- standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a ti- tle insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be post- poned one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that in- formation about trustee sale postponements be made availa- bl d h bli p p ble to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site http://ww w.nationwideposting.com/, us ing the file number assigned to this case 14CA-1101. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that oc cur close in time to the sched- uled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone in- formation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date 6/19/2014 Miles, Bauer, Berg- strom & Winters, LLP 1231 E Dyer Rd., Suite 100 Santa Ana California 92705 Sale Line: (916) 939-0772 Raymond Soriano, as Authorized Signor NPP0232490 To: DAILY NEWS (RED BLUFF) Publish: 06/26/2014, 07/03/2014 07/10/2014 Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 8 B